The bottom of my left foot is swollen. After running just one mile tonight, I stopped because my left foot was feeling strange. The feeling was as if a clod of grass or mud had gotten stuck on the bottom of my foot, but there was nothing there causing it. When I stopped a little longer and looked at both my feet, I could see how different my left was from my right. When I pressed against the ball of my right foot, I could feel the fatty pad, muscle underneath, etc. On my left foot I could feel basically no structure at all. The texture of the skin was different, and it was difficult to curl my toes on my left foot.
I'm not sure what all this means. I would go to a doctor, but I'm not ready for that yet because I suspect they'll have nothing useful to say. For the time being, I'm going to wait it out a little longer and see if this persists. I don't know whether the foot swelled in response to some other damage, or whether the swelling itself is the problem.
Foot problems
Sunday, January 24, 2010
I walked maybe six miles to get to my MCAT class today (teaching, not taking). Even that bothered my foot enough for me to be worried about it. I'll hit up the pool before physics class tomorrow (taking, not teaching).
Fri/Sat Jan 22/23
I got about 10 minutes in on Friday before the ball of my foot started to hurt, so I stopped short. Saturday I did some good gym work, but nothing else.
Tbursday, January 21, 2010
I hurt my foot when I went home. There was a foot of snow on the ground, so I ran shod on the road. I felt fine while I was there, but the first day I came back to California the pad on my foot hurt. So I've taken some time off. I wasn't running much or vigorously in Maryland, either, and my fitness is very poor now.
I did another 25-minute multi-pace tempo with the Strawberry Canyon Track Club today. Feldman came out, too, which was nice. I was also glad I showed up on the first day he came out to run with the group, since I haven't been to SCTC since December.
It was raining and cold, and I felt pretty horrible running. But I did get through a 25 minute tempo without pain or (it seems) reinjuring myself, so some good did come of it.